Readers can access the fully referenced document here: European Chemicals Agency classifies glyphosate as a substance that causes serious eye damage. The European Chemicals Agency classifies glyphosate as a substance that causes serious eye damage. Glyphosate is largely responsible for the destruction of biodiversity and an increase in the prevalence of many serious health conditions. The Washington-based International Life Sciences Institute (ILSI) is used by corporate backers to counter public health policies. Whether, say, through trade agreements, the WTO or strings-attached loans, this again involves capturing the policy ground and then trapping farmers on a financially lucrative chemical(-GMO)-treadmill, regardless of the consequences for farmers’ livelihoods, food, public health and the environment.